In an apparent dream come true for James Wright, whose YouTube review of Patti LaBelle’s sweet potato pie went viral, he celebrated Thanksgiving Day and his birthday with the R&B diva at her home.

*I’m going to keep this real short. But its something I’ve got to get off my chest because I see the writing on the wall. Ms. LaBelle, in her generous attempt to acknowledge what her fan did, ...

Patti Labelle invited to her Thanksgiving Dinner the man whose tribute video to her sweet potato pies went viral. James Wright Chanel posted videos to his page of him dancing with Labelle in her home.

*As the Electronic Urban Report/EUR reported over the weekend, Patti LaBelle’s sweet potato pies have taken the nation by storm with Walmart customers around the country keeping the stores’ shelves ...

At a Walmart, I spotted boxes of Patti LaBelle’s Sweet Potato Pies. Two years ago the pies, sold exclusively at Walmart, were scarce. It was all due to James Wright, of California, at that time, who ...

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Earlier this year, singer and cookbook author Patti LaBelle teamed up with Wal-Mart to make a sweet potato pie. It costs $3.48, it's got her face on the box, and sales were just OK when it came out in ...

Two million pounds of sweet potatoes. That's what it's going to take to get Patti LaBelle's suddenly famous sweet-potato pie back onto shelves at Wal-Mart. Which means the pie that became a viral ...

The YouTube sensation that had us all running to Walmart for Patti LaBelle’s ‘Patti Pies’ finally met the legend in person. James Wright Chanel, the L.A.-based singer, posted a video to his YouTube ...